Sandboxie 3.28

Sandboxie - (Freeware)

SandBoxie serves as a shield against malicious actions of potentially dangerous programs.

Sandboxie is a very useful tool for those that want to be safe when running applications to test applications, browse the Internet and manipulate files safely preventing them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in the computer.

Sandboxie may constitute a tool of anonymity and protection against attacks and intrusions. It includes a manager that lists the active processes , manage content in the sandbox and create more secure areas. These shares may be made â€‹â€‹via the intuitive software interface.

Sandboxie will install a sandbox between the hard disk and applications, the process being very simple: each disk access records in the sandbox and when the software tries to write to the disk, it is actually writing in the sandbox , which prevents change anything on the disk, seamlessly and without affecting performance.

SandBoxie is extremely useful when you want to test software and without leaving traces on the computer.

Editor's review:

Sandboxie is a perfect choice when it comes to protect your computer from rogue software, spyware and malware, acting like a shield between your computer and the applications you are running. This way, you prevent malicious or even buggy software to harm your computer.

Sandboxie Editor's pick - Excellent software

Sandboxie Editor's pick - Excellent software

What we like:

- It allows you to install and test application without having to worry it would harm your computer;
- It is lightweight, working without disturbing your activity;
- It is very well documented and the developer offers supplementary assistance if needed;
- It can be configured for only one occasional use.
Our suggestion:

- To increase number of compatibile program because, it is possible to not work with the same results for all the applications;

Title:: Sandboxie 3.28
File Size:: 420.7 KB
Requirements:: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows7 / Windows8
Language:: en-us
License:: Freeware
Date Added:: 30 Jun 2008
Publisher:: Sandboxie
Homepage:: http://www.sandboxie.com
MD5 Checksum:: 043C4E0E26D91BA4B0619C95FE48101B

These are the changes to Sandboxie since version 3.26.

* New translations:
o Translation to Finnish, contributed by pokpok
o Translation to German, contributed by Brummelchen
o Translation to Portuguese (Brasil), contributed by anonymous
o Translation to Turkish, contributed by Volkan Gezer

* Resolution for long-time problems and annoyances:
o SBIE1116 errors on Windows XP which prevented Sandboxie from starting.
o Sandboxed Outlook using incorrect account password.
o Sandboxed programs and Sandboxie Control immediately recognize new drive letters that appear (for example as a result of mounting a USB drive).

* Firefox 3:
o Added default exclusion for the Firefox database of phishing sites, urlclassifier*.sqlite files, to improve start-up time of sandboxed Firefox, and reduce the time needed to recreate this database when the sandbox is deleted.

* Usability improvements in Sandboxie Control:
o Real paths are displayed instead of the %placeholder% notation.
o Hiding SBIE messages through Sandboxie Control hides the message only for the detail specified in the message.
o Desktop icons do not flicker when Sandboxie Control window is visible.
o For Windows Vista, added more requests for UAC elevation where necessary.

* Further improvements to the following issues:
o Improved support for network shares exposed by Windows computers (including Quick and Immediate Recovery, and Direct and Full Access)
o There remain some difficulties in accessing network shares exposed by some NAS devices
o Full support for programs installing and using WinSxS assemblies on both Windows XP and Windows Vista

* Collection of smaller changes:

* Default Copy Limit Kb increased to 48MB from 32MB.
* Fewer temporary files are kept in the sandbox.
* Fixed PATH environment variable in sandboxed programs.

* Partially resolved conflict with Rising Antivirus 2008.